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I live in constant fear. I guess you could say I’m a bit of a hypochondriac. Yep, the girl who hears that someone else has a rare ailment and then starts to wonder if perhaps she has it, too. But my “disorder” doesn’t really hover much over sickness and disease as much as it does…

Enough Is it enough? We can often fall into the trap of asking ourselves if what we hope for our lives is enough. This is especially true from moms everywhere. There is so much pressure on women to do so much. It is almost as if society has belittled the call of staying home. If…

Being a Mom and Wife is an amazing journey but it’s different then what I imagined. And there have been disappointments along the way. However, in the midst of it all God always gives me more than I ask for! I’m surprised by His ways and humbled. He meets me where I’m at…

As a mother we have days were we feel as if we are crazy. Our day doesn’t go as planned. Our kids are out of control. Were feeling like we get no help. If we want something done we have to do it ourselves. Yes! I know. But I promise you, you are normal. You…

When it’s discovered that I homeschool, I inevitably get the comment, “You must have a lot of patience.” This could be furthest from the truth—I move fast and I expect my people to move fast as well. Homeschooling, by it’s nature has taught me much about the day to day working out of patience, but…

We watch our little ones grow from small to big. It takes time and patience, compassion and gentle prodding. They search with their rooting mouth to latch. Removing the crust from their eyes, they take in light for the first time. As they cry hungrily through the night, they slowly learn to be unattached from…

“Mrs. Smith, come to the front desk, please.” rambled the intercom around her. Slumped over herself, head in hands, stale cup of coffee at her feet. Red, tired eyes. Evidence of the stream of tears that had become her. Quickly she jumps to her feet and hastens to the front desk. Desperate to hear news…